Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Lancaster, PA by segway



Today I went to downtown Lancaster where I took a 1 1/2 hr tour of the city by Segway. I did this in Mt. Dora, Fl about 6 weeks ago what a great way to see an area. I'm hooked!!! I was the only one besides the tour guide so it was a very personal tour. We went down Prince St past the art studio's. Past a really old cemetery where a Mr Fulton is buried stopped at Penn Square in the middle of down town. We passed the Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum, St. James Episcopal Church.
We passed through Central Market probably the oldest farmers market in the nation. The Fulton
Theater, some of the dozen or so pianos that are placed downtown and decorated by sponsoring organizations. They are there for people to just stop & play. In the fall they are auctioned for a fund raiser. I learned that Lancaster was an important part of the under ground railroad used to move slaves from the south to the north to freedom. I also learned the the difference between a cemetery and a grave yard is that the graveyard is by a church and is for church members and a cemetery is located away from the church and is for all people unless they have committed suicide. Yesterday was pretty much a road trip day. We started out by going to a huge flea market/ farmers marker called Rooks. Much to my surprise after about an hour Nancy said enough of this it's to big and to crowded. We then drove further north to Manheim, PA and the Pennsylvania Dutch Camp ground to check it out. We then headed 34 miles east to the town of Blueball and the Shady Maple smorgasbord for lunch, a huge place that seats 1100 people. We are going to have to quit this or we will gain the weight back that we had lost this winter. From there it was back southwest through down town Lancaster and to the Circle M Campground

1 comment:

Ilene said...

Hey that Segway looks like a lot of fun and easy to get around and see everything.
It is so good to read your blogs so I am glad you started doing it again.
Ilene